Friday, 20 July 2012

McIlroy hangs tough through difficult round (Reuters)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the British Open golf championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, northern England July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy hung in through a difficult second round on Friday to give himself an outside chance of launching a weekend surge to his first British Open title. The world number two, who had opened with a 67, double-bogeyed the ninth hole as he struggled to a five-over-par 75 in conditions that appeared not to be too difficult. His two-over total of 142 should just be enough for McIlroy to make the cut. "It wasn't the best day out there," the Northern Irishman told reporters. "I was doing pretty well just to hang in there around par on the front nine. ...




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